The 2016 Portsmouth City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of

Portsmouth City Council Portsmouth City Council is the local authority of the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government s ...

. This took place on the same day as other

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taking place around the UK, including the London Mayoral election, Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections. 14 of 42 seats were contested during these elections within this unitary authority. After this year's local elections, the composition of the council is now (compared to the situation immediately prior to the election): *

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: 19 (0) * Liberal Democrats: 15 (+1) *

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: 4 (0) *

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: 3 (0) *

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: 1 (-1) Following the election, the Conservative minority administration that had governed Portsmouth since 2014 continued in office.

Election result

Comparisons for the purpose of determining a gain, hold or loss of a seat, and for all percentage changes, is to the last time these specific seats were up for election in

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Ward results

The incumbent councillor, Aiden Grey, was elected as a Liberal Democrat but defected to Labour six months after his election.

References

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2010s in Hampshire